In Mengmenguan in May, red and purple mulberries hang on the branches. When women and children pick mulberry leaves, they often pick some mature mulberries and take them home.

The mulberry silkworms eat mulberry leaves, and people eat mulberries. At this time, the winter wheat has not yet come down, and the spring beans are not yet ripe, which is when the food is sparse.

For many people who are hungry and have no oil and water, mulberries are actually not very good food. When you are hungry, eat sour things. Perhaps only those who have really been hungry will know about it.

Also, because mulberries are cold and can be used as medicine. Those with hot bodies can eat them, which can nourish yin and remove fire. People with weak and cold bodies eat too much, which will naturally be of no benefit.

But even so, people still have to thank nature for their gifts. No matter how difficult it is, every year when the mulberries are ripe, they rarely hear about people starving to death.

"Grandma, don't eat this mulberry again. There are mixed breads in the house. I'll go get one for you."

The teenage girl returned to the yard with a basket of mulberry leaves on her back. She saw her grandmother sitting there again picking mulberries to eat. She was reluctant to eat the ripe purple-red fruits, so she picked the light red and bright red ones. She said that if the pharmacy was willing to collect dried mulberries, she especially liked to pick the good-quality harvest.

"It's nothing, I'm just sitting here and eating and having fun." The old woman in the yard waved her hand and said, "You just need to go in and feed the silkworms. These spring silkworms are about to spin silk. At this moment, don't let them be hungry."

This year's silk has not been collected or sold, so the family dares to chew and use it all over the place. Her old bones have not lived for a long time, and now she can't even pick mulberry leaves. Two days ago, she came back from outside with a basket of mulberry leaves and fainted halfway through. Fortunately, she fell on the flat ground and was not injured. She was carried home and recovered for a long time. In the past two days, the children and grandchildren at home refused to ask her to go out for work.

"Your mother has been outside for most of the day. Please give them a few cakes later. And you brothers, young people, don't hurt your foundation." The old woman put down the basket for drying mulberries, moved it step by step outside the silkworm room, and watched her granddaughter feeding silkworms.

"Aye asked me to make some corn porridge for you at home." The girl neatly spread the newly picked mulberry leaves thinly on the mulberry bed, and then carried a basket out of the silkworm room.

"At noon, the corn porridge that you eat is so delicate..." The old lady muttered, and moved to the kitchen step by step, but saw her granddaughter take out two eggs from her waist and put them on the stove. She immediately asked, "Where did you get the eggs?"

The most prejudiced silkworms are the most dirty in their homes. Spring silkworms are so delicate. As long as there is a little bit of uncleanness, they will love to get sick. Therefore, most silkworm farmers do not raise chickens and geese at homes, so naturally there are no eggs to eat.

"Oh... you fool, have you moved that money again, right? You told you how many times you have, that money cannot be moved. A family like us can't help you. You can finally save a few dowry by yourself. Take out a few cents today and take out a few cents tomorrow. Do you still want to live such a life in the rest of your life..."

As the old lady said, she wiped her tears. She was half of her body buried in the soil, and she even ate an egg. Then she looked at the granddaughter in front of her. She was as green as she was, she was filial and diligent, but she was not born in a good family...

"I'm talking about it. This alley is quiet and I can hear you talking from afar." At this time, two more people came in at the gate of the courtyard, one was her son, and the other was tall and big, and they were also familiar. They were Wang Dang, who was known as the boss.

"Why is Wang Dalang coming today?" The old lady was very happy to see Wang Dang coming. She wiped the tears from her face and moved a bench to sit for him. She also watched Wang Dalang grow up. Now her body is getting worse day by day. It is good to see him once more. After seeing him this time, I don't know if there will be another next time.

"This time I got a batch of soap to sell. I just got rid of it before. When I met Tu Er on the road, I came with him." Wang Dang was also happy to show off in front of the other party. Nowadays, he said that he was doing soap trading, so he was somewhat respectful. He was much more respectful than being a porter in the past.

"Okay, you're really promising now." The old lady was indeed very happy for him.

"When I came here this time, Luo Sanlang asked me to collect some dried mulberries. I wonder if your family still has it?" Since there is a business, we naturally have to take care of the people we are familiar with first.

"Yes, how much does he want?" The old lady was so happy when she heard that someone wanted to buy dried mulberries.

"It's said it's ten burdens." Wang Dangyan said.

"What do he want so many mulberries to make?" The old lady was also a little surprised. Luo Sanlang had also heard that the family did not run a pharmacy, so why do you want so many mulberries to make?

"I want to buy soap." Wang Dang said to several people in the yard: "If this soap is made by him, he should have to buy more dried mulberries in the future."

"Take it seriously?" All three people in the yard were overjoyed.

"If you have time recently, please post more. I think this transaction is 80% fine." Wang Dang was very optimistic about Luo Yong, and the young man didn't know whether he had the blessing of the Bodhisattva or what. Whenever he saw him doing something, he would be fine.

"Everyone heard from Dalang." Even when the dried mulberries couldn't be sold, his family would have to dry as much as they could. Now I heard that someone wanted to buy them, so it would be hard to dry them.

"As for the price, I heard that the pharmacy was charging for half a bucket of corn for a bucket of dried mulberries, so I also paid for this price, which would make it happen." Wang Dang asked.

"Make, make." In terms of filling the belly, how can dry mulberries compare to food.

As the few people said, the grandmother immediately asked her son and granddaughter to take out the dried mulberries that had just been dried today from the house.

"The mulberry seeds are not easy to dry. If you don't get it right, they will become moldy and rot. This year, it's better. There is a kang that is drying in the sun during the day and bakes on the kang at night. The mulberry seeds that have been exposed recently look better than in previous years."

The old woman's son quickly measured the dried mulberries in rice bowls. There were more than ten buckets in total. In the end, some of them seemed to be less than one bucket. He simply just poured them into the basket and put them in one place with the dried mulberries that had been measured, which was considered a bonus.

"If Na Luo Sanlang wants to buy mulberries next time, don't forget our family." Na Tu Er said to Wang Dangyan.

"You can rest assured, you will definitely not forget your side." Wang Dang promised.

More than ten buckets of dried mulberries are more than one load. According to the unit of measurement at this time, ten buckets are one stone, and one stone is one load. Two baskets are packed and carried just right. The dried mulberries don’t weigh much, but they are too full. Be careful not to sprinkle them out.

"It's not easy to carry so much. Erlang, please take a basket and put it in with Wang Dalang." The old lady said.

"Okay." His son agreed.

"It just so happens that this shoulder pole basket will be brought back by the way." Wang Dang said, and together with Tu Er, he picked up some of the dried mulberries in the basket and put them in a basket, then carried the load, and the two of them left the yard one by one and the other.

Luo Yong asked them to help collect ten loads of dried mulberries. Wang Dang collected more than one load here. In addition, his brothers also went to the family they knew each other at this time, and met later. If it was not enough, they would find other people to collect some.

"Wang Da, do you look at Li Shi County, there is a good young man?" On the way, Tu Er asked Wang Dadao.

"But I asked for your second mother?" Wang Dang asked.

"That's right." As a parent, he naturally wanted to find a good home for his children. His second wife had good character, and someone asked nearby, but he was not very satisfied. If he had either a bad character or a weak family background.

It’s not a fault for despising the poor and loving the rich. People go to a high place, and no elders are willing to watch their children suffer. The son is forgot. Born in such a family, it is destined to be like this. The daughter always has the opportunity to jump out. With the character and appearance of his daughter, no one can lose money if he gets married.

"There are also young men who are about the same age. I just don't know what kind of regulations they have. When I go back this time, I will help you find out." Wang Dang thought about it, and indeed he remembered a few good young people.

"If I can help my second wife find a good family, I will thank you very much in the future." Tu Er said solemnly.

"What are you saying about being a stranger, you have been a brother for many years."

I remember that they had a relationship with each other naked, but later Wang Dang went out to explore everywhere, but his friend rented mulberry fields to raise silkworms in the local area. His living habits were different, his circles were different, and his interactions gradually decreased.

Now because of this mulberry transaction, the two have come to the same place again.
Chapter completed!